Biking up 78 percent on nine blocks of Oakland’s Telegraph Ave where protected bike lanes were installed (and through travel lanes for MVs reduced to one in each direction, plus parking and turn lanes). Walking up 100%. Crashes DOWN 40%, median speed of MV traffic is now (drumroll) the speed limit.
http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/biking-walking-soar-collisions-plummet-along-oaklands-protected-bike-lanes retail sales increased as well, thanks to new businesses opening along a more attractive commercial corridor (that sees more traffic, when people are counted as traffic, and not just cars). “Telegraph’s new design has flaws, many of which the city is trying to address.” Perhaps instead of spending so much effort arguing why protected lanes on our commercial thoroughfares (like Monroe St) won’t work, or how our situation differs from retrofits elsewhere, we should spend more effort figuring out how to make it work. And then reap some of those benefits while we improve those parts of the retrofit that aren’t ideal. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions UW-Madison Transportation Services Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu> Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at : https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9ueiD7rE9bS60Tz
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